Wes
@whurd.bsky.social
Information security, technology, policy/politics/philosophy/econ, society, fin.
Grad studies @uofdenver
Seeking solutions
Opinions are mine - not institutionally tied.
Grad studies @uofdenver
Seeking solutions
Opinions are mine - not institutionally tied.
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This should pair up well with everyone’s rising health insurance premiums and the possibility of getting laid off next year when the economy collapses.
December 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This should pair up well with everyone’s rising health insurance premiums and the possibility of getting laid off next year when the economy collapses.
1. USG should release PCAP of drone or app comms with sensitive information to server, or completely GTFO about 'natsec'.
Stop acting like the public doesn't have experts and engineers who could falsify claims
2. US drone eng being not as good related to ^?
3. Do they have nothing better to do??!!
Stop acting like the public doesn't have experts and engineers who could falsify claims
2. US drone eng being not as good related to ^?
3. Do they have nothing better to do??!!
FCC bans foreign-made drones over national security, spying concerns, @politico.com rpts; ruling will hit Chinese drone-maker DJI hardest: www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
FCC bans foreign-made drones over national security, spying concerns
The ruling will hit Chinese drone-maker DJI the hardest.
www.politico.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
1. USG should release PCAP of drone or app comms with sensitive information to server, or completely GTFO about 'natsec'.
Stop acting like the public doesn't have experts and engineers who could falsify claims
2. US drone eng being not as good related to ^?
3. Do they have nothing better to do??!!
Stop acting like the public doesn't have experts and engineers who could falsify claims
2. US drone eng being not as good related to ^?
3. Do they have nothing better to do??!!
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How AI and Wikipedia have sent vulnerable languages into a doom spiral | MIT Technology Review www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/25/1...
How AI and Wikipedia have sent vulnerable languages into a doom spiral
Machine translators have made it easier than ever to create error-plagued Wikipedia articles in obscure languages. What happens when AI models get trained on junk pages?
www.technologyreview.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:06 AM
How AI and Wikipedia have sent vulnerable languages into a doom spiral | MIT Technology Review www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/25/1...
So iCloud desktop downloads photos as png, but doesn't let you upload PNGs... 🤔 (must be jpeg)
December 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
So iCloud desktop downloads photos as png, but doesn't let you upload PNGs... 🤔 (must be jpeg)
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We were warned...
December 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
We were warned...
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A ‘libertarian community’ established on an island with no external accountability by a shady finance guy?
I suppose there is an Epstein sized hole in the market right now.
I suppose there is an Epstein sized hole in the market right now.
Belgian crypto billionaire Olivier Janssens is planning to establish a "libertarian community" with its own legal system in Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Belgian crypto-billionaire wants to build the ‘Dubai of the Caribbean’
Belgian crypto-billionaire wants to build the 'Dubai of the Caribbean'
www.brusselstimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
A ‘libertarian community’ established on an island with no external accountability by a shady finance guy?
I suppose there is an Epstein sized hole in the market right now.
I suppose there is an Epstein sized hole in the market right now.
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"The gaffe occurred because an artificial-intelligence-powered surveillance system used by Lawton Chiles Middle School mistakenly flagged the clarinet as a weapon, according to ZeroEyes, the security company that runs the system and contracts with Lawton Chiles’s school district."
A school locked down after AI flagged a gun. It was a clarinet.
A growing number of schools across the country use AI-powered surveillance to detect guns and contraband, all in the name of making schools safer.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
"The gaffe occurred because an artificial-intelligence-powered surveillance system used by Lawton Chiles Middle School mistakenly flagged the clarinet as a weapon, according to ZeroEyes, the security company that runs the system and contracts with Lawton Chiles’s school district."
do US business and organizational leaders realise that 'AI' is not going to magically sublate the good/fast/cheap conundrum of project management?
December 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
do US business and organizational leaders realise that 'AI' is not going to magically sublate the good/fast/cheap conundrum of project management?
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“6 7” is actually a reference to K67, the famous kiosk of Yugoslavian modernism. The kids are retvrning.
December 13, 2025 at 1:18 AM
“6 7” is actually a reference to K67, the famous kiosk of Yugoslavian modernism. The kids are retvrning.
If they fix the passport control arrivals queueing system, I'm all for it..
The passport control lines at Dulles are a national embarrassment.
The passport control lines at Dulles are a national embarrassment.
Trump: “We’re also going to rebuild Dulles airport because it’s not a good airport. It should be a great airport, and it’s not a good airport at all. It’s a terrible airport.” apnews.com/article/dona...
Trump says he's rebuilding Dulles airport while his administration is fixing the 'people movers'
President Donald Trump has announced plans to reconstruct Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia.
apnews.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:25 AM
If they fix the passport control arrivals queueing system, I'm all for it..
The passport control lines at Dulles are a national embarrassment.
The passport control lines at Dulles are a national embarrassment.
One rule to ring them all..
President Donald Trump said plans to issue an executive order with “ONE RULE” for artificial intelligence to limit states from regulating the technology
Trump Promises ‘One Rule’ for AI, But He May Need Congress to Act
The president wants to limit state regulation of the technology.
bloom.bg
December 11, 2025 at 3:58 AM
One rule to ring them all..
twitter.new
"Join our mission in reclaiming Twitter with an AI verification infrastructure to evolve the social media experience and bring back the public square with real-time news, announcements, entertainment and conversations you can trust."
That's going to be a no from me, dawg.
"Join our mission in reclaiming Twitter with an AI verification infrastructure to evolve the social media experience and bring back the public square with real-time news, announcements, entertainment and conversations you can trust."
That's going to be a no from me, dawg.
December 9, 2025 at 5:22 AM
twitter.new
"Join our mission in reclaiming Twitter with an AI verification infrastructure to evolve the social media experience and bring back the public square with real-time news, announcements, entertainment and conversations you can trust."
That's going to be a no from me, dawg.
"Join our mission in reclaiming Twitter with an AI verification infrastructure to evolve the social media experience and bring back the public square with real-time news, announcements, entertainment and conversations you can trust."
That's going to be a no from me, dawg.
Operation Bluebird Inc. 🤨🙃
A fledgling social media platform has asked the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to cancel trademarks for Twitter so it can take them for itself, contending that billionaire Elon Musk’s X Corp has abandoned them.
US startup seeks to reclaim Twitter trademarks 'abandoned' by Musk’s X
A fledgling social media platform has asked the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to cancel trademarks for Twitter so it can take them for itself, contending that billionaire Elon Musk’s X Corp has abandoned them.
reut.rs
December 9, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Operation Bluebird Inc. 🤨🙃
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And not unrelated
The Enshittified Military
The Pentagon’s leading drone maker and one of the biggest beneficiaries of Big Tech’s embrace of the national security state—Anduril—is profiteering off of poor performance.
www.un-diplomatic.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:58 AM
And not unrelated
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So apparently the reason RAM prices are suddenly through the fucking roof is that OpenAI cornered global silicon wafer supply destined for RAM??
www.mooreslawisdead.com/post/sam-alt...
www.mooreslawisdead.com/post/sam-alt...
Sam Altman’s Dirty DRAM Deal
Or: How the AI Bubble, Panic, and Unpreparedness Stole ChristmasWritten by Tom of Moore’s Law Is DeadSpecial Assistance by KarbinCry & kari-no-sugataBased on this Video: https://youtu.be/BORRBce5TGwIn...
www.mooreslawisdead.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
So apparently the reason RAM prices are suddenly through the fucking roof is that OpenAI cornered global silicon wafer supply destined for RAM??
www.mooreslawisdead.com/post/sam-alt...
www.mooreslawisdead.com/post/sam-alt...
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CIOs about to have a big budget problem as all their hardware costs are about to massively inflate (cloud provider’s cost will too, will they’ll pass on).
Their solution is probably going to be sexy GenAI projects to “save money”.. lots of funneling money and jobs into a furnace basically.
Their solution is probably going to be sexy GenAI projects to “save money”.. lots of funneling money and jobs into a furnace basically.
The memory shortage is the result of corporate greed and the lack of regulations around tech monopolies. Three companies effectively control the global memory supply. One of them has just decided to stop selling to consumers entirely and OpenAI is eating up 40% of RAM production from the other two.
WTF Just Happened? | The Corrupt Memory Industry & Micron
YouTube video by Gamers Nexus
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
CIOs about to have a big budget problem as all their hardware costs are about to massively inflate (cloud provider’s cost will too, will they’ll pass on).
Their solution is probably going to be sexy GenAI projects to “save money”.. lots of funneling money and jobs into a furnace basically.
Their solution is probably going to be sexy GenAI projects to “save money”.. lots of funneling money and jobs into a furnace basically.
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Every other big business is busy cramming an LLM into everything and meanwhile Costco is the only one that seems to understand that profit = revenue - expenses.
December 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Every other big business is busy cramming an LLM into everything and meanwhile Costco is the only one that seems to understand that profit = revenue - expenses.
The battle of the elites around defining the poverty line, measurement accuracy, and whether the "American economy is actually good"™️
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a stuffed animal is sitting at a table with a bowl of popcorn
ALT: a stuffed animal is sitting at a table with a bowl of popcorn
media.tenor.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The battle of the elites around defining the poverty line, measurement accuracy, and whether the "American economy is actually good"™️
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I was slightly ahead of the curve (don’t pay attention to the country)
The boys and I at the battle of Tehran after Joe Rogan convinced a bunch of broccoli haired zoomer incels to vote for trump:
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I was slightly ahead of the curve (don’t pay attention to the country)
Spam and scam calls as a service.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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The data centers are expanding to meet the needs of the expanding datacenters.
November 21, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The data centers are expanding to meet the needs of the expanding datacenters.